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John Mayo digs into at December's sales numbers, which saw Marvel edging out DC Comics in total units sold, while DC topped Marvel in the top 300 titles. As John explains, naming a "winner" is a matter of perspective.

"Fear Itself" and "Spider-Island" continue to perform for Marvel while DC Comics took the top two sales positions in August with the final issue of "Flashpoint" and the debut of the New 52 with "Justice League" #1.

Marvel sees an influx of "Spider-Island" residents as "Amazing Spider-Man" #666 takes the title of Best Selling Comic in July with DC Comics' top performer, "Flashpoint" #3, landing at number four on the chart.

John Mayo analyzes the May sales estimates, which saw numbers drop across the board despite Marvel and DC Comics' summer events being in full swing, and looks ahead to DC's September linewide relaunch.

John Mayo takes an in-depth look at the Direct Market numbers for April, focusing in on the final issues of "Brightest Day," what it means for DC Comics moving forward, Marvel's CrossGen relaunch numbers and more.

Overall sales rose for a second month in row, though still lagging behind March, 2010. Marvel's "FF" #1 easily topped the monthly charts and the third collection of Vertigo's "The Unwritten" led trade paperback sales.

With February 2011 proving to be another weak month for overall comic book sales, John Mayo returns with his in-depth analysis, tracking trends and data for specific titles across the Top 300 sales chart.

Overall, February sales numbers rebounded from January's lows, but the highest charting title, "Green Lantern," still set a record low for the number one selling title since Diamond first began releasing their data.

Despite "Fantastic Four" #587 hitting six figures, January's sales slip across the board. John Mayo looks at the data, from price increases to non-shipping titles, in an effort to discern the origins of the drops.

Inside you'll find the sales estimates for comics and trade paperbacks for January 2010 with Marvel's "Fantastic Four" #587 easily topping a weak month of monthly comic sales and "Jack of Fable" leading TPBs.

John Mayo breaks down direct market comic book and graphic novel sales trends for 2010, with "Avengers" #1 leading the pack of monthly comics and "The Walking Dead" vol. 1 easily topping the trade paperback charts.

Inside you'll find the sales estimates for comics and trade paperbacks for November 2010 with DC's "Batman: The Return" easily topping the monthly charts and "The Walking Dead vol 13" leading the trades.

August had the fifth lowest number of total units sold for the top 300 comics since the start of the final order era with no comic selling over 100,000 units. John Mayo analyzes the data and offers his conclusions.

Inside you'll find the sales estimates for comics and trade paperbacks for August 2010 with DC's "Brightest Day" topping the monthly charts and "Scott Pilgrim" once again finding himself atop the trades rankings.

Inside you'll find the sales estimates for comics and trade paperbacks for June 2010 with "New Avengers" #1 and "Batman" #700 taking the first and second positions on the chart for Marvel and DC, respectively.

Inside you'll find the sales estimates for comics and trade paperbacks for May 2010 with "Avengers" #1 handily topping the charts for Marvel and the industry, with "Return of Bruce Wayne" #1 heading up DC's offerings.

Inside you'll find the sales estimates for comics and trade paperbacks for March 2010. "Blackest Night" and "Siege" topped the monthly sales charts for while "Kick-Ass" edged out "Buffy" to lead the trades.

Inside you'll find the sales estimates for comics and trade paperbacks in February 2010. Sales are down overall from last month, with DC Comics in both the top comic and TPB spots with "Blackest Night" and "Fables."

Inside you'll find the sales estimates for comics and trade paperbacks in November, 2009. Sales are down overall from last month, with DC Comics in the top comic spot with "Blackest Night" and "Chew" leading the TPB charts.

Inside you'll find the sales estimates for comics and trade paperbacks in October, 2009. Sales are up from last month, with DC Comics in the top comic spot with "Blackest Night" and "Old Man Logan" leading the TPB charts.

CBR's John Mayo tracks the trend of April's sales, which saw impressive activity for "Buffy" and "Star Trek: Countdown," the benefits of a "Fables" crossover and a "Messiah War," plus analysis of the $3.99 price point.

CBR's John Mayo breaks down the particularly low sales numbers for March of 2009 -- books like "Marvel: Your Universe" and "The Mighty" seeing huge sales drops-- and shows you what a month of no event comics looks like.

Marvel once again dominated the sales figures in December 2008, with their
highest dollar amount since 2003. Also, John discusses which titles are likely to
be affected when Diamond's new cutoff levels kick in this year.